The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will file three more cases against Purnima Halder and Shawapn Kumar Mistri, two close associates of notorious scammer Prashanta Kumar Halder -- also known as PK Halder. ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Prodhan will file the cases at the commission’s integrated district office in Dhaka-1 on Monday. PK Halder laundered about Tk80 crore to Canada and amassed about Tk426 crore beyond his known sources of income. At least 34 corruption cases have so far been filed against PK Halder and his associates in Bangladesh. According to media reports, PK Halder possessed two passports — one Bangladeshi and the other Canadian — but used his Bangladeshi passport to go to India.

Source: The Express Tribune May 15, 2022 20:00 UTC